Appointment of an independent non-executive director to the Barclays board and resignation from the ABSA board BARCLAYS AFRICA GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 1986/003934/06) ISIN: ZAE000174124 JSE share code: BGA (“Barclays Africa Group”) ABSA BANK LIMITED Authorised financial services and registered credit provider (NCRCP7) (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 1986/004794/06) ISIN: ZAE000079810 JSE share code: ABSP (“Absa Bank”) APPOINTMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO THE BARCLAYS AFRICA GROUP BOARD AND RESIGNATION FROM THE ABSA BANK BOARD Shareholders are advised of the appointment of Ms Tasneem Abdool-Samad as independent non-executive director to the Board of Barclays Africa Group with effect from 1 February 2018. She will be stepping down from the Absa Bank Limited board (which she joined as an independent director in April 2016) with effect from 31 January 2018. Tasneem holds a BCom degree and post graduate diploma in Accounting from the University of Natal, and is a qualified CA (SA). She started her career at Deloitte in Kwa-Zulu Natal and then moved to the University of the Witwatersrand, where she was a lecturer in auditing from 2003 to 2006. In 2006, Tasneem returned to Deloitte and subsequently served as a member of the Deloitte South Africa board until 2014. Tasneem is a non-executive director of Absa Financial Services Limited, Reunert Limited, Long4Life Limited and Crookes Brothers Limited. Johannesburg 16 January 2018 Enquiries: Nadine Drutman (Group Company Secretary) Nadine.Drutman@barclaysafrica.com Tel: 011 350 5347 Independent lead sponsor to Barclays Africa Group: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited Joint sponsor to Barclays Africa Group: Corporate and Investment Bank, a division of Absa Bank Limited Date: 16/01/2018 01:02:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.